I can't remember the first one I picked out
as I was brought up around music, and there were always hundreds of records in the house.

But the first ones I remember handing over actual cash for are Velveteen by Transvision Vamp on cassette, or Love Shack by B52s on vinyl. I still have both of them.

Oh, and the California Raisins LP on vinyl too. Remember them?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:52, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Love Shack Greggs Hat
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:54, Reply)

Velveteen.
Still got that too.

I could have brought down commercial airliners with the diamond cutter that Wendy James gave me in the mid to late 80s.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:54, Reply)

It's a great album. I still love it.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:56, Reply)

Still have Velveteen and Baby I Don't Care
on my "shortform" itunes playlist.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:57, Reply)

I think I only have 'Baby I don't care' and 'I want your love' on playlists at the moment.
I should really remedy that.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:59, Reply)

Was there one called "rocket to the stars"?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:01, Reply)

Yes.
A short, slow one. Quite sweet and 'chillaxy'
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:04, Reply)

I've still got those
though sadly not the half naked poster of Wendy James :-(
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:08, Reply)

If only there was somewhere on the internet you could find pictures of her....

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:09, Reply)

Stop trying to facilitate loco's onanism.
It's weird.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:11, Reply)

I'm almost 75% sure I used lyrics from that to assist getting into someone's knickers.
I was a very bad yoof.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:14, Reply)

As has been made abundantly clear to me today
I am not one of life's devious bastards. Probably why I get shat on so much.

Metaphorically speaking, of course. Not by battered's mum.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:15, Reply)

Also, I presume you weren't trying to get into teenage girls' knickers.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:23, Reply)

I could barely get into my own

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 16 Jan 2013, 14:25, Reply)

Course I do.
Fascinating fact: Henndrix's Band of Gypsys drummer (also of The Electric Flag and later as a solo artist) ended up spending about half the 80s touring the US with the California fucking Raisins.

How the mighty are fallen.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:55, Reply)

Disclaimer: may contain traces of 'not fascinating at all'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:56, Reply)